Golden Serena

Aug. 4, 2012
Serena is freaking awesome! And she didn't even threaten anyone this time ;) I can feel I'm getting stronger with my training sessions, but I can only dream of having the power of Serena Williams. She totally dominated at the Olympics. Maria Sharapova is no slouch, and Serena beat her 6-1, 6-0. Simply astounding.

When Geese Attack!

Aug. 3, 2012
Here comes the Goose Dictator and his ninja bodyguard detail. Make way! Make way!

Take a gander

We were on our way to lunch and drove past this pond. I was worried the geese would wander into the street. One of them started to, but pulled back to the curb.

I Heart GHFC

Aug. 2, 2012
I've been admiring these plants for a while and noticed they are starting to wilt, so today's the day to get this picture. I love how the leaves are so heart-shaped :) These are planted outside of the health club.

Grr. I wanted my title to be "I <3 GHFC" but the website is choking on it :(

Art Project

Aug. 1, 2012
For a long time I've planned to photograph my kids' art projects that I have stacked up in several cabinets, boxes, bags, and drawers. I had hoped to have a better camera before doing this, so I was procrastinating on it. We are looking to remodel our bedroom/bathroom and it could be sooner rather than later, which means I have to get all the stuff in the bedroom cleaned out and sorted. This includes a lot of the aforementioned art projects, so my photography plan is happening NOW!

This masterpiece was by Zach circa 2000

Eyes on the Prize

July 31, 2012

The USA women's gymnastics team awaiting the final scores to see if they win gold.

They did :)

USA!

The downside was the sad situation of Jordan Wieber who is the World Champion, and came in 4th of all gymnasts, but 3rd on the USA team. The Olympic rules only allow the first two members of each team to compete in the All-Around, so Jordan lost the opportunity.

Swiss Mis-ter

July 30, 2012
It is really awesome watching Roger Federer play at Wimbledon. How lucky is he that the Olympics are on his favorite courts? :) I don't know if he'll win gold, but it would be cool for him if he could pull it off--it would give him the career "Golden Grand Slam". On the other hand, Andy Murray is again the hometown favorite and it would be so nice for him to win at Wimbledon. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

I Watch For the Technical Scores

July 29, 2012
Ah Olympic Men's Gymnastics, how I love thee :)
Due to a major screw-up at State Farm, technically we didn't have car insurance over the weekend, so I stayed in and watched a lot of the Olympics.

USA!

It's too bad things didn't work out better for these guys.